Pump assembly for trigger dispenser comprising slide-on shroud

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EP 1 325 783 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/29

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/28

(21)	Application number: 03005041.3

(22)	Date of filing: 23.06.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B05B 11/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IE IT LI MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

25.06.1997 US 881945

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	98111491.1 / 0887113

(71)	Applicant: OWENS-ILLINOIS CLOSURE INC.
	Toledo Ohio 43666 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Chalupsky, William, E. Woodbury, MN 55125 (US) Ferrell, Scotty Put-In Bay, OH 43456 (US) Martiro, Gennaro, R. Toledo, OH 43615 (US) Keung, Wing-Kwong Perrysburg, OH 43551 (US)

(74)	Representative: Casalonga, Axel et al
	BUREAU D.A. CASALONGA - JOSSE Paul-Heyse-Strasse 33 80336 München 80336 München (DE)

(54)	Pump assembly for trigger dispenser comprising slide-on shroud

(57) Outward flanges (144) on top of pump outlet tube (36) include a rearward latching section (180). A rearwardly extending horizontal shelf (50) is formed on the vertical tubular support (54) of the pump body (12). The shroud (40) is open-fronted and includes a top wall (68), connected side walls (62) and a rear end wall (64) with an inward horizontal shoulder (78). Extending downward along the top wall (68) of the shroud (40) are a pair of opposed channels (174). In assembly, the open-fronted shroud (40) is moved forward onto the pump body (12) in a simple uni-directional linear movement, the channels (174) receiving the outward flanges (144) respectively. The latching sections (180) are flexed and snap past the rearward surface of the channels and the shoulder (78) on the shroud (40) slides under the shelf (50).

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